Table 1 General characteristics and recommendations for colorectal cancer screening (Unweighted n, Weighted %)
From: Perceptions of colorectal cancer screening and recommendation behaviors among physicians in Korea
Items | Total (n = 379) | Primary care physicians (n = 241) | KASIDa physicians (n = 138) | P value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
General Characteristics | ||||
Gender | ||||
Male | 320 (86.0) | 215 (88.5) | 105 (78.5) | 0.013 |
Female | 59 (14.0) | 26 (11.5) | 33 (21.5) | |
Age, years | ||||
30–39 | 93 (19.4) | 34 (15.5) | 59 (30.9) | 0.003 |
40–49 | 182 (48.5) | 121 (49.2) | 61 (46.6) | |
≥ 50 | 104 (32.1) | 86 (35.3) | 18 (22.5) | |
Year of graduation, Medical school | ||||
< 1990 | 100 (30.8) | 81 (33.6) | 19 (22.6) | 0.003 |
1990–1999 | 175 (47.4) | 119 (48.8) | 56 (43.2) | |
≥ 2000 | 102 (21.8) | 39 (17.5) | 63 (34.2) | |
Specialty | ||||
Internal medicine | 324 (83.1) | 195 (80.2) | 129 (91.5) | 0.021 |
General surgery | 36 (10.5) | 28 (11.5) | 8 (7.5) | |
Family medicine | 19 (6.5) | 18 (8.3) | 1 (1.0) | |
Patients per day | ||||
< 25 | 38 (8.3) | 13 (6.1) | 25 (14.7) | < .0001 |
25–49 | 109 (26.6) | 50 (21.8) | 59 (40.9) | |
50–99 | 192 (53.7) | 142 (58.1) | 50 (40.8) | |
≥ 100 | 40 (11.4) | 36 (14.0) | 4 (3.6) | |
Behaviors | ||||
Recommendation for CRCc screening | ||||
Always | 119 (29.4) | 56 (23.6) | 63 (46.5) | < .0001 |
Sometimes | 249 (67.4) | 176 (72.7) | 73 (51.7) | |
Not at all | 11 (3.2) | 9 (3.7) | 2 (1.8) | |
Recommended test for CRC screening | ||||
FOBTb | 27 (7.2) | 21 (8.4) | 6 (3.7) | < .0001 |
Colonoscopy | 297 (79.8) | 174 (75.8) | 123 (91.4) | |
Both tests | 43 (13.0) | 36 (15.9) | 7 (4.9) | |